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Florian condo and Four Seasons Toronto towers fast approaching podium finishes in Yorkville

Four Seasons Hotel Toronto

Exterior work on the new Four Seasons Hotel Toronto, seen here July 29 2012, is currently focussing on the base of the soaring 55-storey condo and hotel tower, as well as on the streetscape at the northwest corner of Bay Street and Yorkville Avenue.

 

Four Seasons Hotel Toronto

August 6 2012: In the courtyard on the east side of the Four Seasons tower, a driveway of elaborately patterned paving stones is being installed in front of the porte cochère …

 

Four Seasons Hotel Toronto

… while work is underway on the other half of the courtyard, where an urban garden will grace the street level in front of the 26-storey Four Seasons condo tower

 

The Florian condos in Yorkville Toronto

Meanwhile, just one block to the north, work is nearly finished on the podium of The Florian condo tower on Davenport Road at the top of Bay Street, seen July 29 2012

 

The Florian condos in Yorkville Toronto

Marble, glass and masonry accent provide strong angular accents to the long facade of The Florian’s podium, which gently follows the curve of Davenport Road

 

The Florian condos in Yorkville Toronto

Exterior finishing touches, including glass panel installation on podium-level balconies, were underway during the August holiday weekend …

 

The Florian condos in Yorkville Toronto

… while the revolving lobby entrance door and sheltered front driveway beneath the sharply pointed prow of the podium were in full view to passersby

 

Finishing touches: During the past three years, public attention on The Florian and the new Four Seasons Toronto condo towers in Yorkville has generally been focussed upward, as construction of the three highrise buildings climbed steadily higher. Now that wooden construction hoarding has been removed from the sidewalks outside both buildings, passersby are finally able to take a good look at architectural details closer to earth, including the exterior of the podiums and the streetscaping and landscaping elements of each project.

 

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Checking in on the new 5-star hotel/condo towers: the Four Seasons Toronto in Yorkville

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

August 6 2011: The two Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto towers viewed from the northeast on Church Street near Yonge Street

 

Looking sharp: Glass cladding installation is nearly finished as construction of the Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto moves closer to completion.

Designed by Toronto’s architectsAlliance, the five-star hotel/condo project features two sleek and slender glass towers — one 26 storeys, the other 55 floors — that soar above Yorkville from the northeast corner of Bay Street and Yorkville Avenue.

The west tower firmly established itself as a new Yorkville landmark several months ago when it became the tallest building in the upscale shopping and residential neighbourhood. It will boast a lavish  253-suite Four Seasons Hotel in its shiny glass base, with posh condominiums rising from floor 24 to the 55th-floor penthouse, which recently sold for a record $28 million. The website shows six available floorplans, ranging in size from a spacious 1,956-square-foot 2-bedroom suite to a palatial 3,914-square-foot two-bedroom estate with two 12 x 12-foot terraces. Floorplans for the East Residence range from a 1,100-square foot 1-bedroom suite to an 1,815-square-foot 2-bedroom home. The towers’  204 condos were designed by Gluckstein Design Planning.

The east tower will be connected to the west by an elevated bridge, giving its privileged residents easy access to the hotel amenities. “They will enjoy a pampered lifestyle, with all the luxurious amenities of the hotel at their doorstep, including 24-hour concierge, doorman and valet parking,” the project website promises.

The hotel’s main entrance on Bay Street will open into a Grand Lobby extending the full width of the building (from Scollard Street south to Yorkville Avenue). The hotel will have a lobby bar, a second-floor restaurant, ballroom and banquet facilities, and a luxurious 28,000-square-foot spa with a fitness club, indoor lap pool, whirlpools and an outdoor terrace. The lobby and amenities areas were designed by Yabu Pushelberg, while a central landscaped courtyard park fronting onto Yorkville Avenue was designed by Claude Cormier

The Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto is a joint venture project of Menkes Developments Ltd. and Lifetime Developments.

Below is a series of photos I’ve shot of the Four Seasons complex over the course of the summer.

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

May 5 2011:  Construction of the 55-storey Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences west tower viewed from Church Street near Park Road

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

May 6 2011: Balmuto Street view of the Four Seasons towers rising above Yorkville

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

May 6 2011: West tower viewed from Bloor Street near Yonge Street

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto penthouse

June 22 2011: Fog surrounds the 55th floor $28 million penthouse

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

July 13 2011:  Four Seasons viewed from the SW corner of Bay & Yorkville

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

July 13 2011: The west tower’s ground floor and lower levels seen from the northeast corner of Bay Street and Yorkville Avenue

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

July 13 2011: The hotel spa, ballroom and banquet facilities are housed in this 8-storey wing at the corner of Bay and Scollard Streets

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

 July 13 2011: Bay Street view of the hotel section of the west tower

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

July 13 2011: Clouds reflect in the exterior of the hotel amenities wing

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

July 13 2011:  Ground-level view of the amenities wing at Bay & Scollard Streets

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

July 13 2011: Looking up from the NW corner of Bay Street and Yorkville Avenue

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

 July 13 2011: Cladding has been installed, but the balconies haven’t yet been completed on the East Residence tower

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

July 13 2011: Looking up the northwest corner of the west tower

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

July 13 2011: The sleek glass midsection of the 55-storey west tower

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

July 13 2011:  Four Seasons towers viewed from the northwest on Davenport Road

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

July 24 2011: Roof fin installation underway on the west tower

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

July 24 2011: Balconies and construction elevator on the hotel tower’s SE corner

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

July 24 2011: Crane and upper six floors of the East Residence tower

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

July 24 2011: The soaring west tower viewed from Bloor Street near Yonge Street

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

July 24 2011: West tower viewed from the University of Toronto campus

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

July 24 2011: Hotel tower penthouse floors viewed from the southwest

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

August 6 2011:  Yorkville Avenue view of the two towers

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

 August 6 2011: Looking up the south side of the East Residence tower

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

August 6 2011: A pedestrian bridge links the East Residence tower to the amenities wing of the hotel building

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

August 6 2011: Reflections on windows of the East Residence tower

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

August 6 2011: The base of the East Residence tower

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

August 6 2011: This area will become a showpiece courtyard garden + hotel/condo entrance driveway designed by Claude Cormier

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

August 6 2011: The hotel tower base at Yorkville Avenue & Bay Street

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

August 6 2011: The hotel tower base awaits its exterior cladding

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

August 6 201: Yorkville Avenue view of what will become the driveway entrance to both the hotel and condo towers

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

August 6 2011: The condo floors rise from the slightly broader hotel base

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Residences Toronto

August 6 2011: The Four Seasons west tower looks short from this angle, but actually rises high above the office towers at Yonge & Bloor Streets

 

Four Seasons Hotel + Private Residences Toronto

August 6 2011: Four Seasons complex viewed from Yonge Street